I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I've definitely been through it - not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.
I went through some tough years when I first moved to Los Angeles, and 'The Riches' was my first major success.
I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time.
For anyone who's been in care, successfully coming through the system is nothing to with money or success; it's the ability to feel love and be loved in return.
Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.
I started playing piano when I was 6. And I knew that wanted to be involved in that form of expression, whether it was through music, or acting, or dancing, or painting, or writing.
I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.
In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music, film and dance.
I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.
We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.
When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.
You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural.
I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.
There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.'
When I get up in the morning, I have to decide what I'm going to have for dinner or I can't get through the day.
Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
My day starts at 8 in the morning. I have meetings through the day into the evening and very often dinners and benefits at night. This is nonstop.
